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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-04-02

Rev. Philips Brooks declares: "God
will only punish men for wickedness and
not for holding opinions. That is the
truth which cuts into the knot of sophis.
try and ends that great error, that error
itself is guilt. The church should be
more intolerant of selfishnsse, cant and
hypocrisy, and less indignant with original
opinions. The minister should be the
pattern of intolerance of all that is i'm
moral, and the model of tolel ance of
what is honest doubt and honest belief
in what differs from himself.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-04-02
TI1e Etnne Circle.
LIES AUTUMN.

/ have no wit, no words, NJ tears;
Ny heart within me, like stone,
Is numbed too much for hopes or fears;
Look right, look left, dwell alone;
lift mine eyes. but dimmed with grief,
No everlasting hills 1 see,
My heart is in the falling leaf;
o Jesus, quicken mel
Ny life is like faded leaf,
My harvest dwindled to husk;
Truly my life is void and brief
And tedious in the barren dusk;
My life is like frozen thing,
No bud or greenness can 1 see,
Yet rise it shall-the sap of spring.;
o Jesus, rise in mel
Christina Resets.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-04-02

- When Louis XIV. died Rousseau
sadly observed: There were two despised
men in France, the king and 1. am
now alone"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

The frequency of persons losing parcels in
the lobby here is greater than the public at
large supposes. 1t is astonishing, too, the
celerity with which articles are snatched up
and made away with. Those who come here
with intent to secure something stand
around and watch for an opportunity, when
the owners back is turned for a moment OF
course if we notice any one loafing around
the building we ask him to move on, but one
man can't watch all who come in here The
other day satchel was left on one of the
heating coils at one of the windows, and no
ticing it, picked it up and was about to lay
it away for safe keeping until called for.
Just as 1 was going off with it lady rushed
in at the door and said, Excuse me, sir, that
is my satcheln OF course 1 let her have it,
and she and her gentleman friend, who stood
at the door, walked away. Shortly after
ward two other ladies came in and asked me
about the same satchel. l told them what 1
had done with it, and at once saw that 1 had
been duped by sharper. Fortunately it
contained nothing of great value-Postoffice
Watchman in Globe Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Queer Funeral of an Epicurean.

A funeral of an extraordinary character
took place in Yorkshire, when Mr.. J. S.
Brodericll, a well known follower of Epicurus,
of Hawes, in North Yorkshire, was buried.
The interment took place in the deceased gen
tleman's own land at Spring End, on the top
of hill. Mr.. Broderick, who believed in the
transmigration of souls, had directed that no
minister of religion should attend his burial,
and that no religious ceremony of any kind
should he performed over his remains The
funeral, therefore, was almost of unique
description. The procession had to pass over
Stagefell, one of the spurs of the Pennine
range, and as the road was blocked in places
over twelve feet deep with snow drifts the
mourners had a most difficult task. The i'm
mediate place of sepulchre was very rocky.
1t had been chosen by the deceased gentle
man, and blasting operations had to be car
ried on during the whole of two days to COM
plete the grave, Which is nearly twenty feet
below the surface Pail Mall Gazette
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Organized Charity in Chicago.

The Provident wood yard is an institution
for the confusion and discontinue of tramps.
1t is in charge of a stony hearted young fel-
low named McAuliff 1t is under the direc-
ton of the Charity Organization society, and
is self-supporting. When a Tramp asks a
charity organizer for help the charity or
ganizer refers him to the central Office and
the central Office sends him to the Provident
wood yard. When he gets there Mr.. Nc
Auliff helps him to a bucksaw and few
large bundles of wood and shows him how to
saw for living The tramp saws may be
half an hour, and then goes on strike, ours
ing charity organizations and monopolies in
general, and the man who invented buck
saw in particular. But if he sticks to work
for two hours or So until he has one-sixth of
a cord of wood sawed into kindling, he earns
q ticket which is good for 10 cent meal or a
10 cent lodging. Then, when he has walked
two miles or so to the eating house and gorged
himself on what his ticket calls for, he has
received good practical lesson in the virtue
and reward of honest toil-Chicago Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

Dinners in New York, in London, in Wash
ington, in Philadelphia, in perhaps all large
cities, are conducted on debt paying prin-
ciples, and therefore they grow very dull
Not that people desire indecorous pleasure,
but they get bored to death by gilded and
overburdened splendor. Almost all hard
working men in America are dyspeptic and
only look at their hands during the three or
four last courses. Two people are brought
together, perhaps, who have never met be-
fore. They have positively no subject in
common. To relieve this awkward moment,
to raise the dull, depressing cloud which set
ties over the jaded senses, what better that an
ingenious dinner card, with a quotation from
Shakespeare or a few lines OF original poetryi
Here at least is an opening wedge, a text, a
beginning, a subject of common interest. 1t
is worth world to an anxious hostess. To
see her guests thus amused, introduced, and
put at their ease at once is worth much
money.-Mrs. John Sherwood in New York
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
TIED FARM.
THE WHEAT CROP.

Nearly all available information con
eerning the winter wheat for the crop
of 1887 goes to show a good outlook foI
the aggregate yield. With the excep-
tion of Kansas, perhaps. and some parts
of the Ohio valley region. no state re-
ports serious damage from the winter
and while there is yet plenty of time fol-
frost and blight to get in their work
the middle of March finds the crop in
fully average security for the season
This fact has had its influence in pre-
venting the advance in wheat which
has for some time seemed probable
though some measure of that advance
has lately been secured in spite of this
and influences of like character. The
current slight improvement in wheat
has likely been due as much to specu-
Iation as to aoy other cause; but the
people are glad to see it even from this
source, Improvement from legitimate
cans having been looked for 50 long in
vain.-StUckman
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

The trial OF Michael H4uk. charged
with fr ud in connection Win the Gin
cinnati 1nirparS, resu t-i IN disagree
meut of tue jury
a big storm of slset and snow on
Tuesday morning, of l.s>' week, cut of
ali wire communication betwern New
Ynrb ana Chicago.
The FIndlay real estate boom is still
on. Property is in active demand. The
movement is ldr=e.ly controlled by Gin
cinnati capitals s.
An attempt was made 20 burn up
three ladies asleep 10 a house d Galli-
polls. Lewis Sh0rta neignuor, has teen
arrested oD suspicion.
The President thinks DR. Sewers is
mistaken about the danger of his recelv
ing au apopiectic stroke. He drDIes
that he is growing fatter.
Three Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western passenger trains were bl0ckad-
ed last week, III the mountains, where
the snow is three feet deep.
WILDER F Storey's last will has been
declared invalid By the Illinois supreme
court, on the ground of his irresponsi
biliLy at the time of making it.
At a convention of the Springfield Co.,
Republicans Captain A 5 Bushnell wat
nominated fer mayor by acclamatiOn
but declining. o Kelley was nominat-
ed on the first ballot.
The w H Wilmington Steel Fork.
Works, of jackson, Mich, are about tt
be moved to Findlay, o. Gas has been
reduced there TO fifteen cents each pei
month for ordinary stoves.
Jacob Bread, wife wbipper, of New
ark. O., was, in hot dispute, treated tt
pan of scalding water in the face.fron
the injuries of which he died in agony
The poor wife has become insane.
At Lexington, KY, George Muin, &
member of John Morgan's rebel cavalry
was appointed chief of the fire depart
ment, to fill vacancy caused by the
removal of W 81 Polk, soldier in tht
federal army.
During the year ending March l the
hog slaughter at Chicago was 4,426, 00O
head, 3 decrease of $4,000 compared
with the preceding year. The number
of cattle slaughtered during the.same
| period was 1,6OS,000.
Bury Irwin Dasant, journalist, denies
the published rumors that he is to mar
ry Mrs Langtry. and says she and Ere d.
dy Gebhart will be married as soon a:
the legal impediments to such M ar
riage in England can De removed.
The acting secretary of the treasury
| is laboring hard to put into shape fol
execution the law prohibiting the i'm
portation of foreigners under contract
to perform labor in the United States
He seems TO he puzzled by seemingly
inconsistent provisions in the act.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
THE NEWS.

Western Connecticut has two feet of
snow.
Brewery employees in Cleveland have
joined the K Of l..
Cattle losses by severe winter weather
in Manitoba are estimated at 80 per
cent.
The Chicago Democrats nominated
Carter H Harrison for mayor by accla-
nation.
Miles Darlington, prominent Toledo
(OD business man, died in Marseilles,
France.
Wm r Windrom,a Rock Island coach.
man has fallen heir to half a million in
South America.
DR. john W Russell, of Mt. Vernon, O.,
who was surgeon general of Ohio dur
ing The war, is dead.
John Knepper, an Austrian, who
fought against the great Napoleon, died
at Ransom, Pa, aged los.
U S senators aIe receiving letters ask
ing the Ielurn of their railroad passes.
Passes are promptly returned.
The acting secretary of the Treasury
has issued another cnestnut-ihe 14SLh
call for the redemption of bonds.
1t seems 10 be the impression that the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton has
captured the Baltimore and Ohio.
The Missouri river at Bismarck, Oak,
was higher last week than it was. in 1881
which was notable flood year there.
Rev NJ Helam, catholic clergyman
of Richmond, Ind. Will probably be ap'
pointed to IL vacant chaplaincy in the
navy.
The largest cotton sale in the history
of Texas, if not of the entire south, &C
Cured at Galveston Wednesday $500
bales.
Garret cleared 5000 900 out of the
Suliy sy Indicate failure. Enc Ives-Si d,
nor syndicate option Is - reDai., "pen
until April l.
An organization amOng Intelligent
Irishmen in Cincinnati has hreh effected
looking to the suppo.' al ti,e Republic.
can city ticket.
The New Jersey House OF Represent
atiges unanimously passed resolution
giving women the Tight To vote for
school trustees in school districts.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
THE SEWERS OF PARIS.
A Pleasure Trip Under the Streets of the
GAY Metropolis.

A Pleasure Trip Under the Streets of the
Gay Metropolis.
Excursions under Paris form one of the
features in the movement for the benefit of
the sufferers from the recent floods in France,
and the gorgeous sewers are literally patron
lied by the fashionable world A reporter
of The Gil Bias gives this description:
sWe started from the Place Chatelet at
O'Clock and descended little winding stair
case. the steps and walls of which were COW
cred with a green cloth fringed by red bor-
der. There is not the slightest danger of soil
ing your clothes or of encountering the
slightest disagreeable odor. On arriving at
the foot of the stairs fine display of fruits
and vegetables was the first thing to greet
our eyes. These products were from Genne-
villiers, and were grown in gardens that are
watered by the sewers. We got into a
wagon, in which were seats for twenty per-
sons. OFF we went, showed along by solid
looking fellows, all neatly dressed. Above
us was a mass of tubes and pipes. They are
the water pipes, the two largest containing
our drinking water from the Vaune and
the water Of the Ourcq, which is used for
washing the streets and sidewalks. Then
there are the pneumatic tubes, in which we
Cdu near LIE Idlttc VI Tic uASpdOSu OOAco d
they shoot along.
Suddenly we heard the passengers in the
wagon ahead of us uttering cries of admira-
ton. We were under the Rue de Rivoli, but
soon we reached the crossing of the Rue du
Pont Neuf This tunnel is lighted from end
TO end with garlands of colored lamps. The
effect is fairylike. The same effect is repro
duced under the Rue du Louvre, the Rue de
Richelieu and the Place des Pyramides, where
precisely under the statue of Joan of Arc ap-
pear in luminous glass the arms Of the city of
Paris. We passed along, still following the
Rue de Rivoli, where each house has its num-
Der in the sewer, just as in the street, until we
reached the Place de La Concorde. There the
electric lights, crossing their fires with the re-
aections IF the Venetian lamps. turn the
square into sort of ball room. Nothing is
wanting not even the music. We all got out
of the wagons to embark in large boats fur
nished with cushioned seats. The music was
in the first boat, which was decorated with
flags and lamps. The boats were started.
We followed the entire route of the Rue
Royale by the light of fifty dazzling electric
lights.
"After quarter Of an hour in this boat we
landed at the foot Of staircase, which We
mounted, and in three minutes we were
above ground at La Madeleine. 1t is much
colder in the streets than it was in the sew
ers, where the temperature, summer and
winter, is always uniformly pleasant. New
York Sun
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
sow CLOVER SEED.

Do not neglect 10 SOW your clover
seed pretty soon if you intend to seed
down your wheat fields. Must farmers
SOW timothy with the wheat III the fall,
but where it failed To eaten, IT. ma' still
be sown. especially il the wntat is not
too thick ON the grouud Some of the
best grass sets We have rFtr seen were
made where wheat and timothy were
entirely killed Oy frust. The surface
was loosened by running cultivators
over it, Oats to the amount of one
bushel per acre being then sown and
narrowed in, clover and timothy we're
sown on top, and the ground rolled. The
oats crop was of course light, and was
sown principally to furnish shade for
the tender grass, which grew finely.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
ALocomotive Gas Lighter.

The covered street at Milan, now well
known as the Victor Emmanuel gallery, is
rooted with glass and completed by large
dome, round the interior of which runs
chain Of gas lamps. The lighting of these
lamps at a considerable elevation used to
present some difficulties, and was always a
source of risk, until an arrangement was
made for doing the work by electricity A
miniature railway has been constructed close
70 the gas burners, on which runs little
electric locomotive carrying a wick stepped in
spirits of wine. When it is desired to light
the burners the wick Is set on fire and the
locomotive started on its career It flies
round tie dome, rapidly kindling the lights,
and exciting much interest among the crowds
that assemble nightly to witness the perform
ance-Boston Transcript
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
An End TO Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.,
says: Having received so much benef.
from Electric B tiers. feel it my duty
to let suffering humanity know it; have
had running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me would have
to have the bone scrapsd or leg amputa+
ted; used instead three bnttles of Elec
trio Bitters ami seven boxes Bucklens
Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound
and WELL Electric Bitters are sold at
so cents bottle and Bucklen's ArHica
Salve 25c per box by Patterson & Sons. 5
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Hurry and Dispatch.

Among the many causes Of poor and In
efficient work is the habit of hurry which
takes possession of some busy people. Having,
or imagining they have, more to do in q
given time than can be done properly, they
grow confused, agitated and nervous; and
under this pressure they proceed with the
work i'll hard without requisite deliberation
and care, perhaps emitting parts and produc-
ing at last an imperfect and inferior perfor-
nance which can neither be permanent nor
satisfactory. There is hardly any employ
ment, from the simplest manual work to the
most complex and difficult manual labor,
that does not suffer from this cause. The
dwelling house in process of building is to be
finished at a certain time. With proper fore
thought and system it would have been done,
but the time approaches and the work is still
incomplete. The future occupants are i'm
patient, the contractor is anxious, the work
men are driven, the work Is hurried through
and annoyance, discomfort, and sometimes
danger ensue and repairs are soon found
necessary.
The business man undertakes more than he
can manage, the days are not long enough
for his needs, he is agitated by the constant
pressure, driven by conflicting claims, his
cool head, his health suffers from continual
and unrelaxed exertion, his family suffers
from his deterioration, and general disaster
ensues. The physician. with many other
calls to make, hurries through the visit,
neglecting some important symptom, and the
patient dies; the lawyer hurries through his
plea and loses his case; the preacher hurries
through the preparation of his sermon and
fails to make an impression; the artist hur-
ries on his picture to completion and his best
conception is not there; the teacher hurries
through prescribed course Of instruction
and the class is left destitute of the more i'm
portant elements of knowledge. 1t is not too
much to say that a large proportion of the
unhappiness, the ignorance, the loss of pro-
perty, and even the loss of life that is endured
in the world is to be directly traced to the
hurry and drive which characterizes so much
of the labor performed.-Public Opinion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
SNOWFLAKES.


Where do they 20.
The melting fakes Of the bright, white snowf
They 20 TO nourish the April showers
They 90 to foster the Maytime flowers;
Where the roots Of the hidden grasses grow,
There do they 60.
How do they gos
Drop after drop, in a silent flow,
When the warm rain falls, and the winds sre
loud
And the swallow sings in the rift Of the cloud,
Through the frozen veins Of the earth below
They softly go.
Why do they goi
Because Dame Nature viii have it so!
More than this, truly, / cannot tell:
am neither a seer nor an oracle,
When all is answered, l only know,
That they come and go
Kate Putnam Osgood
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
The Ears of Criminals.

The president of the Berlin police calls at
tention to the advantages accruing to police
authorities everywhere by taking profile pho
tographs of criminals which will distinctly
show the left ear. He says that while the
features of the face change in the course Of
time, the ear retains its shape forever, and
furthermore, :here are no two persons whose
ears are idcItically formed.-Beston Trans
crint
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
INVESTIGATE.

Did you estimate the value of your
horses by a certain price per pound, and
then see how it compares with other
live stock Cattle are worth from three
to five cents per pound, sheep about the
same, and hogs a little more. How
much are your horses worth? Place a
fair estimate on their value, get their
weights. and see how the prices compare
with beef, pork or mutton. Then see
what kind of horses are worth The most
per pound. Ascertain whether it costs
less TO produce horse fleoh that is worth
but five cents per pound thar that
worth twice or three times that much.
These things are easily gotten at, and it
may be worth a gnod dedi to you to in>
vestigate closely, and see just how the
matter stands. 1t may be The means of
starting you in the line of breeding a
better class of horses. Will you try it
Where one horse dies from over work
in this country, twenty die from exhaus-
tion or want of proper treatment. A
sound horse will stand wonderful
amount of work If he has the right kind
of care while at it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

All trains daily except sunday.
Pullmsn's Palace Buffet or Hotel Sleep
ing Cars through without change from Stsu-
bsnville east to Philadelphia and New York.
west to Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chi
cogo, Indianapolis and st. Louis.
For through tickets. baggage checks, dSep-
Ing car accommodations, and any further tlS
formation, apply to JOHN @. TOhLINSOH,
Ticket Agent at Panhandle station, foot of
Eleventh street, or a. city ticket ONCE, under
AcLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES McCREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
E. A. FORD,
Genr Pas and Tkt Ag't, PlttsbuIgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
A Prize for an Answer

The Berlin Weekly Echo offers prize Of
twenty marks for the briefest and wittiest
answer to the following conundrum: Ayoung
spendthrift who is able to borrow money only
because his afiianced has promised to pay his
debts after the wedding, falls into river to-
gether with her before the wedding has taken
place, and both are on the point of being
drowned. miserly creditor of the young
man happens to pass, jumps into the water
and saves-whom and why?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
A EARN ROLLER.

From March until December there is
not a month when this implement may
not be used to advantage on most farms.
aud great part Of its work may be
done on days when the teams would
otherwise be lille. Just at this season
many wheat fields have been so heaved
by frost as to leave the plants standing
high and almost out of the soil. By
running light weight roller over them,
pressing the plants down into the earth
and compressing the soil around the
roots many stalks will be enabled to
live and mature that wonld otherwise
dwiudle and die. The meadows too,
need rolling. Little hillocks will have
been formed that may be leveled while
the ground is soft and yielding that
would otherwise remain and harden to
the damage OF both the moving machine
and the hay, for the former would cut
them open and the latter become duste
as result. The frost has also loosened
many small stones in the meadows.
These may be drawn off in the roller
box more safely than on either wagon
or sled and the surface be benefited
rather than injured. AS compression
of the soil around the grass roots serves
tie same purpose as in the wheat field.
Many farmers do not use their rollers
at the time TO be of the most advantage.
For example, while the roller is of SER
vice in breaking the clods and settling
the soil around the newly sown grains,
it will break inst as many. perhaps more
of those clods if it follows the plow and
precedes the harrow and at the same
time will level the surface so that one
stroke of the harrow after the roller
will do better work in pulverizing the
soil than two before it, and at the
same time will not be SO likelyto bury
one-fourth of the seed SO deep that it
cannot grow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cheleland forWheeling at II 10
p m IL 10 pm, arriving at Is P N and7 IS am.
Z. A FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt, Pittsburgh. Pa.
JAMES MCCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
A New Marriage RitnaI.

The Marquis of Queensberry, who is be-
ing sued for divorce, once proposed to substi-
tute in the marriage ritual of the English
church for the words: "Whom God hath
Joined together let no man put asunder" ths
words "Whom the government or nature
may put nsunder let no man attempt to keep
together Chicago Tribune.